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Nantucket Woman
Nantucket Woman
Author: Diana Gaines
Old Nantucket in 18th-century New England was not accustomed to women like Kezia Coffin. Most women were content to raise children and prepare for their husbands' return from the sea. Not Kezia Coffin. She challenged the world with a fury, building the most successful business on the island, traveling wherever she chose... and when her husba...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780091285401
ISBN-10: 0091285402
Publication Date: 2/21/1977
Pages: 351
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Publisher: Hutchinson
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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She was the scandal of old Nantucket. Other women were content to keep house, raise children and wait for their husbands to come home from sea. Not Kezia Coffin. She built the most successful business on the island, traveled wherever she wanted, and when her husband couldn't satisfy her urgent sexuality, took one lover after another. Men on two continents admired her beauty and willful independence. To women everywhere, she was a constant source of scandal...and envy.


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